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42-417: EuroVelo 5 (EV5), named the Via Romea Francigena , is a 3,900 km (2,400 mi) long EuroVelo long-distance cycling route running from Canterbury to Rome and ending at the Italian port of Brindisi . The route crosses Europe passing successively through six countries: UK, France, Belgium, Luxembourg , France again, Switzerland and Italy. The EV5 is named the Via Romea Francigena after

84-489: A Celtic word for mountains, with similar putative etymologies (e.g. * juris , "mountainous forest") still appearing in more recent non-academic publications. However, since there are no clear cognates in the surviving corpus of the Celtic languages, modern studies of Proto-Celtic and Gaulish etymology tend not to list any lemmata connected to Jura, and the name must be considered fundamentally unclear. The Jura Mountains are

126-730: A far province of the larger Central European uplands . The Jura range proper lies in France and Switzerland. In France, the Jura covers most of the Franche-Comté region, stretching south into the Rhône-Alpes region and north into the Grand Est region. The range reaches its highest point at the Crêt de la Neige (1,720 m (5,640 ft)), in department of Ain , 5 km west from

168-434: A major centre of the watchmaking industry. The area has several cities at very high altitudes, such as La Chaux-de-Fonds , Le Locle and Sainte-Croix (renowned for its musical boxes ); however, it generally has had a marked decline in population since 1960. Both Le Locle and its geographical twin town La Chaux-de-Fonds are recognised as an UNESCO World Heritage Site for their horological and related cultural past. In

210-660: Is important to realise that the EuroVelo route does not in any way follow the walking route; the two are very different. For instance, the Via Francigena walking trail does not pass through Belgium or Luxembourg. In England, the EV5 is complete. The route is 113 mi (182 km) long and follows the National Cycle Network route NCR1 from Canterbury to Dover. From the ancient city of Canterbury which

252-496: Is in the north: it begins as it arrives from England at Calais before leaving France after Lille to head over the Belgian border towards Brussels. The second section is in the east of the country when the EV5 re-enters France from Luxembourg at Sarreguemine (next to Strasbourg) and makes its way to Basel, Switzerland. In the northern part of France, the EV5 goes through Calais (EV4), Béthune , Lille and Roubaix . It then crosses

294-583: Is set to become the future EuroVelo 16 route by 2028 with a length of 1,896 km.  Stretching the length of the continent, from North Cape, Norway to Valença, Portugal , the EV1 connects Norway, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Wales, the West Country of England, France, Spain and Portugal. EV2 runs between Galway, Ireland to Moscow, Russia visiting some capital cities along

336-745: Is the Lägern , situated east of the river Aare. Much of the Swiss Jura region has no historical association with Early Modern Switzerland and was incorporated as part of the Swiss Confederacy only in the 19th century. In the 20th century, a movement for Jura separatism developed which resulted in the creation of the Canton of Jura in 1979. The east of the Jura range proper separates the Rhine and Rhône basins . The northern and eastern part of

378-684: Is the newest and the shortest EuroVelo route. It follows one of the most significant rivers in Europe, from the source of the Meuse on the Langres plateau in France, heading north into Belgium and on to the river mouth at Hook of Holland , with the route ending in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam . The ECF has written a route development manual for those working on developing EuroVelo routes. According to

420-848: The Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea . It is so named after the precious stone amber collected in the Baltic, which was taken by routes such as this to the Mediterranean. One of the shortest of the EuroVelo routes, EV9 still manages to cut across Europe from north to south, from Poland to Croatia, and in doing so passes through the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovenia en route. EV10 runs around Baltic Sea . Some of its parts are mapped on OpenStreetMap project Relation: EuroVelo 10 - Baltic Sea Cycle Route - part Sweden (63584) . On

462-678: The French–Swiss border . While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", Faltenjura ) is located in France and Switzerland, the range continues northeastwards through northern Switzerland and Germany as the Table Jura ("not folded Jura", Tafeljura ), which is crossed by the High Rhine . The mountain range gives its name to the French department of Jura , the Swiss canton of Jura ,

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504-646: The Gotthard pass , Bellinzona , the Monte Ceneri Pass , Lake Lugano , Mendrisio and Chiasso . As of January 2014, the EV5 in Italy is largely incomplete. In Italy, the EV5 follows the BicItalia BI 3 Ciclovia dei Pellegrini cycle route passing through Rome and following a mainly inland route towards the west of the country before heading east to Brindisi. The route in Italy follows more closely

546-635: The Jura ridgeway , a 310 km (190 mi) hiking route. Several peaks feature observation towers (e.g. Faux d'Enson , Hage ). Tourist attractions in the Swiss Jura include natural features such as the Creux du Van , lookout peaks such as the Chasseral , caves such as the Grottes de Vallorbe , as well as gorges such as Taubenloch . The Swiss Jura has been industrialized since the 18th century and became

588-626: The Jurassic period of the geologic timescale, and the Montes Jura of the Moon . It is first attested as mons Iura in book one of Julius Caesar 's Commentarii de Bello Gallico . Strabo uses a Greek masculine form ὁ Ἰόρας ("through the Jura mountains", διὰ τοῦ Ἰόρα ὄρους ) in his Geographica (4.6.11). Based on suggestions by Ferdinand de Saussure , early celticists such as Georges Dottin tried to establish an etymon "iura-, iuri" as

630-661: The Middle Ages . The route passes through Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France and Spain. Most of these countries have a developed network of bicycle routes used as part of the EV3. The EV4 goes from Roscoff, France to Kyiv, Ukraine , going through France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Czechia, Poland, and Ukraine. The EV5 route is inspired by the Via Francigena , a pilgrimage route from London to Rome first recorded by Archbishop of Canterbury Sigeric in

672-744: The 10th century AD. However, the route of the true Via Francigena is an almost straight line path from London to Rome, while the EuroVelo 5 route takes a more easterly route that passes through Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg in the Alsace . It then follows the Franco-German border, passes through Switzerland following Swiss National Bike Route no. 3, before crossing the Alps at the Gotthard Pass . It then passes through Italy (more closely following Sigeric's route) to Rome before continuing on to

714-683: The Adriatic port city of Brindisi . Running from Saint-Nazaire on the mouth of the river Loire along that river eastward through France, EV6 passes over the border to Switzerland to Lake Constance and then on to Tuttlingen in Germany, where it begins its way down the Danube following the Donauradweg (Danube Cycle Route). It follows that river, Europe's second longest, through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania to

756-696: The EV5 follows the Flanders Cycle Route LF6 from the French border until just south of Brussels . After a ride through flat countryside, the EV5 goes through the hills of Haspengouw, Hageland and the Flemish Ardennes. From Namur to Dinant, it passes through the Meuse Valley and its steep cliffs before stumbling on small villages, pretty rivers and various forests of the green Wallonia before crossing into Luxembourg. In Belgium,

798-644: The EV5 goes through Brussels , Namur (EV3) and Martelange . As of January 2014, the EV5 in Luxembourg is still in development. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the EV5 runs 107 km (66 mi) and follows a network of dedicated cycle paths from the Belgian border, through to its cliff-top capital city, and towards the French and German borders at Schengen. The EV5 follows the following national routes in Luxembourg: PC18, PC17, PC12, PC13,

840-522: The French Jura, the 11th-century Fort de Joux , famously remodeled and strengthened by Vauban in 1690 and subsequently by other military engineers, is situated on a natural rock outcropping in the middle of the range not far from Pontarlier . Part of the A40 autoroute crosses through a portion of the southern Jura between Bourg-en-Bresse and Bellegarde-sur-Valserine , which is known as the "Highway of

882-507: The Jura consists of a sequence of geologic folds, the formation of which is facilitated by an evaporitic decollement layer. The box folds are still relatively young, which is evident by the general shape of the landscape showing that they have not existed long enough to experience erosion , thus revealing recent mountain building. The Jura range offer a variety of tourist activities including hiking, cycling, downhill skiing and cross-country skiing. There are many signposted trails including

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924-485: The Luxembourg-Ville route no. 10, PC1, PC11, PC7 and PC3. In Luxembourg, the EV5 goes through Strassen , Luxembourg , Hesperange and Schengen . It then passes through back to France (see above). In Switzerland, the EV5 is complete. It follows Swiss National Bike Route no. 3. From France, the EV5 goes through Basel (EV6, EV15), Jura Mountains , Aarau , Lucerne , Lake Lucerne , Andermatt (EV15),

966-746: The Saône ca. 140 km (87 mi) north of the French city of Lyon . In Lyon, the Saône joins the Rhône. While the Rhine flows into the North Sea , the Rhône flows into the Mediterranean Sea . Northeast, the Jura range proper (known as "folded Jura", Faltenjura ) is continued as the Table Jura ( Tafeljura ). The Table Jura ranges (from southwest to northeast) across the Swiss cantons of Basel-Landschaft , Aargau , and Schaffhausen ( Randen ), and

1008-526: The Swiss border of the canton of Geneva , and finds its southern terminus in the northwestern part of the department of Savoie . The north end of the Jura extends into the southern tip of Alsace ( Sundgau ). Roughly 1,600 km (600 sq mi) of the mountain range in France is protected by the Jura Mountains Regional Natural Park . The Swiss Jura is one of the three distinct geographical regions of Switzerland,

1050-801: The UK. In addition, the EuroVelo brand has become widely known. There have been various changes to the network over the years, most notably the addition of two new routes — EuroVelo 13 (the Iron Curtain Trail ) and EuroVelo 15 (the Rhine Cycle Route ) — in September 2011, which are the longest and shortest of the EuroVelo routes. In September 2023, the ECF announced that the Iberian Cycle route connecting Lisbon with Pamplona via Madrid

1092-537: The ancient road from France to Rome that passed over the high Alps: this is reflected in the old road's Latin name, Via Romea Francigena , which means "the way to Rome that comes from France". This route was notably documented by Archbishop of Canterbury, Sigeric the Serious who made the trip to Rome and back again in the 10th century. Note that there is also a walking trail called the Via Francigena which follows Sigeric's route from Canterbury to Rome more closely. It

1134-584: The border into Belgium (see below). In the eastern part of France, the EV5 arrives from Luxembourg (see below) and passes through the provinces of Lorraine and Alsace . It follows a series of canals: In July 2019, the EV5 in Belgium was completed in all sections, but lacked signposting through Brussels. In March of 2022, the Brussels section was signposted, rendering the route complete through all of Belgium, up to Luxembourg , As of May 2022. In Belgium,

1176-665: The continent, as well as by local people making short journeys. The routes are made of both existing national bike routes — such as the Dutch LF-Routes , the German D-Routes , the French véloroute "SN3V" and the British National Cycle Network — and existing general purpose roads, together with new stretches of cycle routes to connect them. The idea of creating a network of international cycle routes spanning Europe started in 1995. It

1218-611: The current borders between the Czech Republic and both Germany then Austria, the Austrian-Slovak and Austrian-Hungarian borders before following the borders of Romania, the former Yugoslavia , Bulgaria and North Macedonia. It finishes at Rezovo in Bulgaria on the Black Sea after following the border with Greece and Turkey. EV15, with an overall length of about 1,320 km (820 mi) passes through four countries from

1260-462: The guidelines, all EuroVelo routes should fulfill the following criteria: In 2011 the share of route infrastructure components in the EuroVelo network was as follows: Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( / ˈ dʒ ʊər ə , ˈ ʒ ʊər ə / JOOR -ə, ZHOOR -ə ) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of

1302-821: The headwaters of the Rhine in Andermatt in the Swiss Alps to the estuary in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, via France and Germany. EV17 has an overall length of about 1,250 km (780 mi). It starts in Andermatt and runs along each side of Lake Geneva before crossing into France. Passing through Lyon and Avignon , it forks into sections which end in Montpellier and Marseille . EV19, with an overall length of about 1,050 km (650 mi),

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1344-576: The others being the Swiss plateau and the Swiss Alps . Most of the range covers the western border with France. In Switzerland, the Jura Mountains extend over an area covering (from northeast to southwest) the cantons of Zurich , Aargau , Basel-Landschaft , Solothurn , Jura , Bern (i.e., Bernese Jura ), Neuchâtel , Vaud , and Geneva . The easternmost mountain of the Jura range proper

1386-486: The range drains towards the Rhine river and its tributaries Aare and Ill , whereas the western and southern parts drain towards the Rhône river and its (sub)tributaries Doubs , Saône , and Ain . Initially the river Doubs (a subtributary of the Rhône) flows about 100 km (62 mi) northeast, briefly venturing into Switzerland, then changing direction and flowing about 170 km (110 mi) southwest before joining

1428-837: The river's mouth at the Danube Delta . It then continues southwards to end in Constanța , on the Black Sea.  EV7 runs from the North Cape to Malta . It goes through Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czechia, Austria, Italy, and Malta.  EV8 follows the European coastline of the Mediterranean sea from Cádiz, Spain to Athens, Greece , going through Spain, France, italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus.  EV9 (in Poland, also labeled as R9) stretches from

1470-432: The southern German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria (as Klettgau Jura, Baar Jura , and the Swabian and Franconian plateaus). The range is built up vertically while decreasing in size laterally (along a rough northwest–southeast line). This deformation accommodates the compression from alpine folding as the main Alpine orogenic front moves roughly northwards. The deformation becomes less pervasive away from

1512-423: The state of the route there is an OpenStreetMap wiki page EV11 connects (theoretically) Norway 's North Cape with Athens .  EV12 was the first European route, opened in June 2001, 6,000 km (3,700 mi) route through England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. It features in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest unbroken signposted cycling route. It

1554-506: The traditional route of the Via Francigena , a route which has recently been awarded EU funds to reinstate hostelry organisation and for route improvement. In Italy, the EV5 goes through Milan , Pavia , Fidenza , Piacenza (EV8) Parma , Berceto , Aulla , Florence (EV7), Siena , Bolsena , Rome (EV7), Fiuggi , Cassino , Benevento , Ariano Irpino , Candela , Gravina in Puglia , Taranto and Brindisi . EuroVelo EuroVelo routes can be used for bicycle touring across

1596-454: The way, from Eyre Square to Red Square . Between The Hague in the Netherlands and the German-Polish border, the EV2 follows the bicycle route called European Bicycle Route R1 or Euro-Route R1 , an international long-distance cycling route connecting Boulogne-sur-Mer in France with St Petersburg in Russia. EV3 goes from Trondheim in Norway to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The route follows traces of old roads used for pilgrimages in

1638-508: The younger, more active Alpine mountain building. The geologic folds comprise three major bands ( lithological units) of building that date from three epochs : the Lias ( Early Jurassic ), the Dogger ( Middle Jurassic ) and the Malm ( Late Jurassic ) geologic periods . Each era of folding reveals effects of previously shallow marine environments as evidenced by beds with carbonate sequences, containing abundant bioclasts and oolitic divisions between layers (called horizons). Structurally,

1680-420: Was funded in part by the European Union's Interreg initiative. EuV13 follows the old Iron Curtain , the divided borders of Europe during the Cold War . The ICT runs from Kirkenes , Norway on the Barents Sea, along the Finno-Russian border through to the Baltic Sea, then hugs the length of the Baltic coast to Lübeck in Germany. It then follows the old border between West Germany and the former East Germany,

1722-460: Was initially coordinated by the ECF , De Frie Fugle (Denmark) and Sustrans (UK) and the original plan was to create 12 long-distance cycling routes . Since August 2007, the ECF has assumed full responsibility for the project. Despite sometimes tight financial constraints, the EuroVelo project has already begun to fulfil the vision of its founders with sections of the network being implemented in countries as far apart as Finland, Cyprus, Spain and

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1764-400: Was the historic starting point of Sigeric's Via Francigena , the EV5 then travels to the coast and the port of Sandwich and ends at Dover, where a ferry can take you to France to continue the ride. In England, the EV5 goes through Canterbury , Sandwich and Dover . As of January 2014, the EV5 in France is only complete in the eastern section. There are two sections of EV5 in France. One

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